I actually won an award in the Middle Earth Fanfiction Awards for 2011. So I'm going to take today and bask, and tomorrow I'll be back to normal - working hard. My drabble "Morning Song" (that's a story of 100 words) placed second in the Drabble-Elves category.

OK, that's enough about me, many of my friends placed numerous times and their wins were far more deserved than mine. So my sincere CONGRATULATIONS go out to all of the winners as well as all those stories that were nominated. Well done!

Today is my studio day. I give a lecture in two months to the Upper Midwest Bead Society on "An Exploration of Beads and Stitches" so I need to start working on examples for that, I also have six colorways that I designed to pack up a colorway kits that I need to start making up. I guess I'll be busy with needle and thread as well as continuing my writing today. It looks to be a good day :-)

Thank you, Oshun. I really liked the empty banner that ellynn had made, and decided for Morning Song that the sun cresting the horizon would be highly appropriate. I like a clean banner and icon, so I indulged myself in making my own.

Congratulations to you in return. You did awesome and should be dancing on air today. Well deserved applause coming your way from Minnesota :-)

Oh no. It was only one small story and got 2nd, so no, one day is quite enough.

For a first award and my first time writing, I'm totally chuffed. But in the scheme of things, I'm no Pande, or you, or Fiondil :-) I'm just one small little lizard in a very large field of sunning rocks :-) And I'm really grateful that all of you allow me to play with you.